Delaware
mineralogical society

Big Brook, NJ (Fossil Shark's Teeth, and
more!)

This is a Junior
Members fieldtrip.

The Delaware Mineralogical Society (DMS) has just started a
youth rockhounding club called the DMS Blue Rockers.
This club will be doing lots of interesting and exciting
things - the first one being a field trip to the Big Brook
Fossil location in Monmouth County, NJ. This site is
popular and youth friendly for collecting fossil shark teeth
and other fossils. For a great write up about Big
Brook, check this websitehttp://www.fossilguy.com/sites/bbrook/index.htmthat
has full details about the collecting locality. Read
through it to see what you can find and how to prepare.
Collecting is in a stream, so close toed creek shoes are a
must. Old sneakers or boots are the best bet.

Blue Rockers Important Details

Blue Rockers are youth members of DMS. If you or
someone you know (individual or household) would like to
join the club in this outing and is not a member, it is easy
to get a membership in DMS (see attached application &
membership categories). The membership fee will be
half price since they are joining DMS at midyear.
Please adhere to the rules of the membership categories when
getting a membership. The membership form and payment
can be brought the day of the outing or can be sent
beforehand to the Membership Chair, Robert Ehrlich, whose
address is on the form.

Youth members on the field trip must also have an
accompanying adult who is a DMS member.

Adult members with no accompanying youth member are also
welcome to come and help.

All members of the club (both senior and junior) who
are attending a field trip must sign a DMS waiver form.
This form is kept by the club and is good for future field
trips.

Logistics of the Big Brook Outing

The field trip is on Tuesday, August 4, 2015.
Attendees will meet at 10 am at the Woodrow Wilson rest stop
on the NJ turnpike; this rest stop is between Exits 7 & 7A.
From there we will drive to the site which is about 20
minutes away.

The contact person for this field trip is Mary Ann Levan,
DMS Junior Chairperson levanma@verizon.net
302 757-4468. Please email her to sign up.
The trip leader is Elaine Kipp, DMS member, who has been
there many times.

For those who are interested, we will go to a park
afterwards in nearby Freehold, where we will have a picnic
with watermelon, drinks and snacks for everyone that comes.
It can be ashow
and tellof
what we found. Please let Mary Ann know if you will be
interested in the picnic.

The last time DMS was at Big Brook was many, many years ago
and we all found something. We are really excited
about this first field trip for our new Blue Rockers.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at my
email address.

Teddi Silver

President

Delaware Mineralogical Society

Blue Rockers
Fieldtrip Report, August 4, 2015

Elaine Kipp, Trip Leader

The first field trip for the Blue
Rockers was held on Tuesday August 4. A group of 19
including 9 juniors met on the New Jersey turnpike and
proceeded in caravan to Big Brook. My special thanks to Mary
Ann Levan for her help.

The day was hot!
The water was cold.
The kids were focused.
We climbed down a rope to get to the stream.
The watermelon was sweet. It was great.

We sifted and found many interested
things. Finds included sharks teeth, Cephalapods, fossil
shells and a suspected part of a birds claw. The kids (young
and older) were so engaged that we forgot lunch until late.
Several young people asked to return the next day. One
father who was not on the trip sent an e-mail thanking us
for a fun day for his family. We are all eager to see what
the club will offer next.